Right to Repair

Fair Access, Fair Repairs, Fair Work

Modern equipment is electronically managed using proprietary software. Farmers, foresters, tech repair shops, and other workers don’t have access to this software and must stop work and take equipment to certified repair shops. This is costly for small businesses. Right to Repair requires that owners of proprietary software make access to that software available at a reasonable price.

The Right to Repair is about putting control back into the hands of working people by ensuring that manufacturers:

• Provide access to diagnostic tools, repair manuals, and software at a reasonable cost
• Allow independent repair shops and individuals to service their own equipment
• End monopolistic restrictions by big business that drive up repair costs and limit competition

Without these reforms, small farmers lose crop yields, logging crews face delays, and local automotive and computer repair shops struggle to stay afloat—all while corporate manufacturers rake in profits.

"Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right." - Isaiah 10:1-2